05-13-2023, 12:55 PM
Let's not forget that they spent a lot of money to fix NT with Tomlinson and added Ika in the 3rd.
ZT says he didn't see Murphy being there in the 1st. Makes you wonder what their board looked like since there were/are quite a few FA DE you can take a flyer on to be a solid role player (Ngakoue, Clowney, Quinn, ect..) but they took a guy they want to reload with and we know Murphy will be in the rotation.
The "win now" that we are seeing was signing a Pro Bowl LT PLUS keeping Williams, Carmen and Collins to provide the line with the most depth in the league. It's a long year and we know what happened last year. That's how they handle the Browns now and later.
The offseason isn't done yet, and we will know more once Burrow signs and they have more clarity with Higgins and Wilson. Maybe we sign a cut TE even. The biggest "win now" move we may make won't happen till the trade deadline. This team knows it is positioned to win now and later, and we may only have NT as the only true need going into an offseason even with so many free agents pending. So, that should allow you to trade a 4th or 5th to replace a starter that is lost to injury early. There has to have a team wanting to trade, but let's not forget the trade deadline.
ZT says he didn't see Murphy being there in the 1st. Makes you wonder what their board looked like since there were/are quite a few FA DE you can take a flyer on to be a solid role player (Ngakoue, Clowney, Quinn, ect..) but they took a guy they want to reload with and we know Murphy will be in the rotation.
The "win now" that we are seeing was signing a Pro Bowl LT PLUS keeping Williams, Carmen and Collins to provide the line with the most depth in the league. It's a long year and we know what happened last year. That's how they handle the Browns now and later.
The offseason isn't done yet, and we will know more once Burrow signs and they have more clarity with Higgins and Wilson. Maybe we sign a cut TE even. The biggest "win now" move we may make won't happen till the trade deadline. This team knows it is positioned to win now and later, and we may only have NT as the only true need going into an offseason even with so many free agents pending. So, that should allow you to trade a 4th or 5th to replace a starter that is lost to injury early. There has to have a team wanting to trade, but let's not forget the trade deadline.
